Commentary: Is it time to rethink Idaho’s involvement with DOE’s Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus?

By: Jim Jones

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: November 5, 2026

Words: 853

Last Updated: 4 days, 11 hours ago

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Gov. Brad Little proudly announced in July that the Idaho National Laboratory had been selected by the Trump administration as one of five finalists for designation as a Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus.

We were told that if the state was picked as one of the three NLICs, there would be massive financial investment and jobs galore at INL. The only catch was that INL had to …

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